The Neighbor

thirteen

I woke up to Hellie squirming around and crying loudly in bed still asleep. "No no! Please!" She yelled. "Come back! No!" I grabbed her arms and straddled her waist to keep her still and then kissed her forehead.

"I'm here baby I'm right here. Everything is okay. I need you to wake up. Okay?" I whispered and kissed her forehead again. Her eyes shot open when he saw me she immediately hugged me and started crying. I played with her hair and whispered kind things to her as she cried. It honestly broke me to see her like this.

Flower popped her head up from under the covers and walked over to Hellie and started licking her and cuddling her to tell her she's here too. Hellie petted Flower while one arm was still around my waist. She eventually calmed down and looked up at me. I smiled at her and kissed her nose. "It's alright my love. I'm right here." I whispered. She snuggled into my waist. "Do you wanna talk about it?" I asked softly.

"You left me. A-and I couldn't do anything I was frozen in one spot not able to move at all. I was yelling for you to stop and come back but you couldn't hear me." She cried.

"That's never going to happen, darling. Im never leaving you again! I pinky promise and I also pinky promise to never break this or any future pinky promises." I held out my pinky she chuckled and interlocked hers with mine.

"I pinky promise the same thing" we kissed our thumbs and then each other.

"Do you think you can go back to sleep?" I asked. And she shook her head. "Good because me either. We both chuckled I laid down and Hellie got on top of me and cuddled me like a koala hugging a tree.

We laid there for hours not really saying anything just laying there. Flower jumped off the bed and started barking at the door wanting out.

"Flower! It's not even-" I looked at the clock on my phone "6:00 am yet!" I groaned but she didn't stop barking. Hellie chuckled and got off of me.

"It's your turn" she whisperd and kissed my cheek.

"Fine" I groaned and got up I grabbed a robe and let Flower out. Flower and I quietly but quickly walked downstairs so we wouldn't wake Chris up. I let Flower outside and waited by the back door once she was done she ran back inside and up to my room. I walked into the kitchen and got a drink of water and then also went back up to my room. I laid back down beside Hellie. She smiled and got back on top of me in the same position. I started making invisible shapes on her back with my fingers.

"What do you wanna do today?" She asked.

"We could take Flower on a walk let her explore some. Since she never really goes on walks." I suggested.

"That sounds good to me," Hellie said.

"I also have to edit a ton of videos that I fell behind on and answering fan mail to." I groaned.

"I can help with the fan mail!" Hellie chirped. "I also have to catch up on mine!" She chuckled.

"Oh! And I have a tour coming up." I said. Hellie looked up at me and scrunched her eyebrows together.

"When and for how long?" She asked.

"Er in about 6 months for 4 months," I mumbled the 4 months. The only reason why it's that long is that I only go on one tour for the whole year so I go to more places at once than having to go on several different trips. 

"Well, I leave again for shooting in less than 4 months! And by the time I get back, you will be leaving! For 4 months!" She exclaimed sitting up now straddling me.

"What if you come with me!" I suggested.

"What if they need me back for shooting?" She asked.